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Robertson Bell is supporting a Central Government department that has recently gone live with Oracle Fusion ERP to recruit an interim, for an initial period of three months, to develop off the shelf OTBI and Variance reports into a bespoke solution for the finance team. Ideally, this role will be worked on a hybrid basis with as close to two days per week in Westminster-based offices however, if required for the right candidate then fully remote working from within the UK can be considered. Key responsibilities; • Designing, developing, and implementing tailored OTBI and Variance Reports in Oracle Fusion., • Collaborating with finance stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver actionable insights., • Writing clean, well-documented code and queries that can evolve with business needs., • Conducting user testing, training, and ongoing support to ensure adoption and reliability. Essential experience; • Proven experience delivering bespoke OTBI and Variance Reports in Oracle Fusion., • Strong understanding of the Oracle Reporting environment, data model, and user requirements capture., • Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with finance teams., • Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC level); willing to undergo clearance if not already held. Apply now to avoid missing out!

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects. Boskalis Westminster, part of the Royal Boskalis Group, specialises in nearshore dredging and construction with the UK survey department, supporting works in the UK and Ireland. Boskalis Westminster also provides first class marine services across the UK, including vessel management and vessel chartering to terminals, harbours and MoD operations. Our vast industry knowledge and experienced crews assures clients of our ability in the delivery of safe and reliable marine services. We operate a diverse fleet of vessels, providing clients with unparalleled access to resources and support. These vessels are operated by skilled crews dedicated to maintaining the highest safety standards, whilst adhering to industry best practices. You can make your mark as Finance Manager by assisting the Finance Director and Finance Controller in the administration and control of the company’s finances and finance department, as well as ensuring the company complies with its reporting requirements, as set out by both internal and external stakeholders. The Finance Manager is tasked with the day-to-day management of the finance department, ensuring it provides effective support to the company, including providing accurate and timely information — in particular, the preparation of the Management Accounts for the main trading entity and parent company. Main Tasks: • Day to day management of the Finance Department including managing and supporting members of the team., • Preparing monthly financial reports including cashflow forecasts and P&L., • Preparing the financial information for the company’s quarterly reports and assisting the Financial Controller with the annual budgets., • Prepare forecasts of the company’s performance and monitor actual performance against these forecasts., • Prepare complete and accurate balance sheet reconciliations, • Preparing the statutory accounts for Boskalis Westminster and the consolidated statutory accounts for Boskalis’ holding company., • Preparation of the group VAT returns and assisting the Tax Manager with Corp Tax information., • Assisting with and monitoring the preparation of the statutory accounts for the other UK subsidiaries., • Working with the company’s external auditors to ensure an effective year-end audit process., • Liaising with colleagues and the treasury department to ensure compliance with the company’s hedging strategy., • Controlling credit facilities provided to staff, including company credit cards and expenses., • Work with the Financial Controller to ensure internal and statutory compliance in respect of all financial matters., • Provide the wider management team with financial management information as required from time to time., • Provide guidance, support and training to the finance team. Required knowledge & experience: • Hold a relevant professional qualification (i.e. ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or be in the final stages, • Previous experience in a management role with direct reports or a supportive role with responsibility for overseeing and guiding colleagues., • Experience of working to strict reporting deadlines, • Experience with preparation of statutory accounts, • Sound knowledge of financial and accounting principles, administration and procedures, • Sound knowledge of management reporting, budgeting and forecasts, • Knowledge of joint venture accounting, • Knowledge of taxes (including Corp Tax and VAT), • Basic knowledge of treasury / hedging concepts / FX risk, • Strong written and verbal communications skills, • Excellent attention to detail, • Strong excel skills, • Ideally previous experience of an ERP accounting system What you can expect: A dynamic environment: A job where you can make an impact as part of a diverse, international team of experts. Rewarding conditions: As well as offering a competitive salary we give industry leading benefits, including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (based on a full-time contract), a generous pension package, with the opportunity to add flexible benefits, such as private health care, and the purchase of additional holiday days; free parking and beverages. Conveniently located office with a friendly, supportive team. Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realise your full potential with training and development through our Boskalis Academy. Extra information: Your team: You will work as a Finance Manager in the Finance Business Unit with four subordinates. Where you will work: You will be working at the Westminster House in Fareham, Hampshire, UK. Whilst the role is based in Fareham, we offer up to 2 days a week hybrid working. Full/part-time job: The position of Finance Manager is a full-time job - 37.5 hours a week. Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online and in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company. We’ll be happy to answer your questions about the position. Please contact HR department: +44 1489 885933. Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your motivation letter and CV on our careers site. We will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please note that the position may be closed as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Disclaimer for recruitment and selection agencies We don’t accept any unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment and selection agencies.

More in Common is seeking a full-time Research and Data Analyst as we grow our team and advance our mission of building a more united and inclusive UK, where all people feel respected, better understood, and share a sense of belonging. The Analyst will serve as a key member of the UK team, supporting our core areas of research, communications, partnership, and client work. More in Common is a research agency working across the US, UK, Germany, France, Poland and Brazil to tackle polarisation and division. More in Common leads and supports initiatives to build more united, inclusive, and resilient societies. Our mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, help societies find common ground and bring people together to tackle shared challenges. In the UK, our work is best described as being part consultancy, part think tank. We provide a full suite of research services including polling and focus group research; evidence reviews and secondary data analysis; audience mapping and audience strategy; strategic communications strategy and campaign development. More in Common is a member of the British Polling Council. Our work is informed by our ground-breaking segmentation of the British public. This unique values-based lens to our quantitative and qualitative research means we can understand not only what the public thinks on the big challenges facing British society today – but crucially why they think it. Our insights help leaders in government, the media, business, and civil society to develop better strategies and communications – particularly in reaching disengaged communities far from the Westminster/London bubble – and to better navigate tricky and divisive issues. Over the last year, More in Common has published agenda-setting thought leadership on a whole range of debates facing British society – from exploring the public’s starting points on climate action and tackling crime and anti-social behaviour; to understanding how the British public is navigating major debates from trans and gender identity to the conflict in Israel and Palestine; to highlighting the public’s expectations on mental health reform and what’s next for the levelling up agenda. Our work is regularly covered in the British press and media and we’ve developed a series of partnerships with broadcasters and newspapers to deliver top-quality research insights. Through our consultancy, More in Common has also supported dozens of partners with insights and strategic communications support. We’ve helped national institutions such as the BBC, British Library and National Trust to better understand and communicate with their audiences, we’ve helped partners in government and civil society with the set-up and delivery of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, and we’ve supported a range of partners to prepare campaigns, messaging and policy proposals from the National Farmers Union to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation among many others. In 2025, More in Common has a range of exciting projects in the pipeline, including: • Refreshing our core values model with a deeper understanding of the attitudes and worldviews that shape the most important divides in Britain in 2025, • Supporting the aid sector to deliver more effective messages to reach beyond their highly engaged activist base, • Working with video game designers to develop strategic interventions with low-trust groups to tackle disinformation, • Developing new strategies to talk about men’s health issues in ways that avoid culture war traps, • Expanding our international research offer, • Working with national institutions to help them better understand their audiences and users, • Working with leading transport authorities and think tanks to help navigate backlash against active transport and public transport initiatives. DIVERSITY, EQUITY + INCLUSION We will have a better chance of uniting divided societies if our team reflects a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds, beliefs, political opinions, and life experiences. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented and minority communities. More in Common is seeking a full-time Research and Data Analyst as we grow our team and advance our mission of building a more united and inclusive UK, where all people feel respected, better understood, and share a sense of belonging. More in Common UK is a small team with a start-up culture where everyone is expected to execute a range of responsibilities. The Analyst will serve as a key member of the UK team, supporting our core areas of research, communications, partnership, and client work. The role will report to our Research and Analysis Manager. The role will be based in our London office, with Monday-Thursday working at the office and Friday at home or the office. Analysis Translating public opinion data into insights for diverse audiences including policymakers, media, and the general public Performing analysis using techniques including cluster analysis, multi-level regression modelling, conjoint analysis and MaxDiff analysis Telling compelling stories through creative data visualisation Proactively expanding the team’s analytical capabilities Research End-to-end project management for public opinion research projects from design to execution, analysis and presentation of insights Conducting quantitative fieldwork including survey drafting and executing advanced survey experiments Upholding a culture of best research practice, including supporting global colleagues with research queries Dissemination and partnerships Managing external relationships with clients, partners and research vendors Identifying and recruiting new partners and opportunities across business, civil society and the public sector Designing insights products to disseminate our insights and research Developing press releases for journalists, including conducting data checks Drafting and co-authoring public-facing research reports and briefings Proficiency in coding in R is a requirement for this role. Beyond this, the following would be an asset: • Demonstrated expertise extracting meaningful insights from complex data sets, • Strong data visualisation skills, with the ability to communicate insights to diverse audiences, • Good understanding of statistical methods including regression modelling and hypothesis testing, • Keen interest in learning new analytical techniques, • A track record of project management, • Curiosity for understanding and engaging people, and a desire to tell new stories that focus on building upon common ground in Britain today, • An understanding of the UK political system and a keen interest in current affairs and UK public policy, • Professional background in public opinion or market research would be desirableJOINING MORE IN COMMON With around 60 staff across seven countries, each member of our team makes a vital contribution to our impact, and we put a strong emphasis on team selection and values. We look for people who: • Are strategic, rigorous, restless, energetic and creative, • Are able to think ahead and get big stuff done, • Are committed to a process of ongoing learning, • Have direct experience with and understand people from different perspectives and backgrounds, • Are excited to do work that works across political divides and that promotes shared national identities, • Are interested in reaching left behind communities, • Are excited to work with heart as well as head, • Want to be part of finding practical solutions COMPENSATION Competitive salary (between £32,500 and £42,500) along with generous leave policy; personal learning and growth budget HOW TO APPLY The application deadline is 23:59, 2 May 2025. Applications should include a CV and a cover letter (max one page). A note on cover letters: we recognise that applying for a job is time-consuming and that generative AI tools can be helpful in the writing process. However, candidates shine best when they express themselves and their ideas in their own words. We therefore recommend that applicants avoid using these tools when preparing application documents. Indicative Timeline (please note these dates remain subject to change) • Initial conversation with Research and Analysis Manager w/c 12 May, • Meetings with Team Members: From 19 May, • Written Exercise: 22-26 May, • Final panel interview with UK Director: 30 May, • We hope to make an offer to the successful candidate by 6 June 2025

About the role If you’re passionate about policy and politics, you’ll fit right in to our enthusiastic and vibrant team. This position is for the digital, technology, culture and sport portfolio, which covers the work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as well as overlapping areas pertaining to retail trade and employment. Applications should refer to the role and detail any relevant policy expertise in these areas. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a highly-respected political intelligence team, providing market-leading intelligence services to ensure our clients stay ahead of political developments. We provide fast, focused, and comprehensive information and insight on the activities of legislatures, government, and a variety of stakeholders to clients across a wide range of sectors. In a time of political turmoil, keeping our clients constantly informed is a dynamic challenge. You’ll be part of a team of fellow consultants, each of whom are experts in their respective policy areas, and will be providing finger-on-the-pulse analysis to your clients on a daily basis. You will work towards becoming a respected authority within the industry on all issues relating to your specialist policy area and key stakeholders, with the potential opportunity to write articles for media publications and participate in broadcasting and panel discussions. This role is based at our London office. Colleagues spend some of their working week in the office and some days working from home (usually 2-3 days in the office per week). If you would like to explore flexible working options, we would be happy to discuss this as part of the interview process. What’s it like to work with us? At Dods we focus on our 3C’s: Collaboration, Continuous improvement, and Customers. We live these values by offering employees opportunities to further their skills through learning and development and training, plenty of opportunities to connect across teams to network, socialise and volunteer, and by always keeping the customer at the forefront. Our inclusive culture means there are always room for new ideas, opportunities to be creative and continuous improvement. Situated in the heart of London, the office working environment is collaborative, bright and airy with everyone together in one space. There’s always a bit of a buzz and conversation going on, and people really like to chat and help each other. The office is small enough that everyone knows everyone’s name, so colleagues work across teams on shared projects. We prize initiative and creativity in how you best provide intelligence to your hugely diverse range of clients. We invest in our consultant’s expertise and will support you in gaining new skills with dedicated funding for your learning and development. We’ve provided political intelligence for 190 years, and while we’re looking into how to leverage artificial intelligence, we know that it’s still our people and how we support our customers personally that makes us different. Work can be fast-paced – there’s an expectation that a customers can get straight through to their Consultant or Account Manager to ask a question and get a quick answer. This means that if a colleague is out-of-office, we cover for each other. It’s a very engaging environment to work in, and while it can be busy, you know that there are always great colleagues around to support you. About Dods Group Ltd Dods is a leading political intelligence business covering Westminster and the UK’s devolved parliaments. Organisations have been turning to us for pertinent information on what’s going on in Government since we first published the Dods Parliamentary Companion way back in 1832. We provide clients across the corporate, government and charity sectors with insight, intelligence and impact through our comprehensive suite of policy tools. Dods Political Intelligence is comprised of three main services: • Intelligence - _ – our platform offers real-time alerts, diaries and legislative trackers, inhouse parliamentary coverage, and a powerful historical search function of policy information., • Insight - _ – our sector-specialist consultants provide analysis, bespoke research, and impartial guidance on the latest policy developments and trends., • Impact - _ – our constantly updated database of biographical and contact information for UK parliamentarians, the digital version of the original who’s who in politics established in 1832, enables you to identify and address the right policymaking audience. For further information, please visit: _ What are we looking for? Our ideal candidate will have: • Familiarity with parliamentary procedure and the political landscape of the UK., • Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, while working quickly and to tight deadlines., • Capable of prioritising multiple tasks and managing workloads., • A proactive approach, with the confidence to hit the ground running., • A relevant degree-level qualification or relevant professional experience., • IT literate and confident in using online applications to support your work., • Ability to work well within a team but also take initiative when required. Key responsibilities The successful candidates will: • Be responsible for providing a first-rate political intelligence service to their own portfolio of clients., • This position is for the digital, technology, culture and sport portfolio, which covers the work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as well as overlapping areas pertaining to retail trade and employment. Applications should refer to the role and detail any relevant policy expertise in this area., • You will need an excellent understanding of parliamentary procedure and government policy, and some relevant client-facing experience., • You will have a keen interest in politics and policy, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You need to be comfortable working at a fast pace, within tight deadlines, with the ability to analyse large amounts of information in a rapidly changing political environment. And you’ll need to love working with both clients and colleagues, with a professional attitude and ability to demonstrate initiative and commercial awareness., • Your responsibilities will include maintaining an excellent service to clients, and the provision of timely and high-quality political insight and research. You will also contribute to the development of our business through the delivery of successful trial periods with prospective clients. Why choose Dods? We are proud of the inclusive culture we have built at Dods. Our team are passionate about what they do, and we are passionate about supporting them to be their best. We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a flexible, hybrid working environment so you can choose how and where to work. Celebrating diversity and inclusion is also an important aspect of our culture and we often have social events to bring everyone together. Here’s some more information on our benefits and ways of working: Employee Benefits (London) • 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, with the option to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year., • Our approach to work is agile and the team currently spend some of their working week at home and in our office in London Bridge. We also offer the option to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks a year., • Flexible working, including 4pm finish on Fridays and early finish throughout the summer holiday period so you can spend more time with your family and friends., • Opportunities to connect across teams and locations to network, socialise and volunteer., • Our inclusive culture means there are always room for new ideas, opportunities to be creative and continuous improvement., • Continuous learning and development opportunities throughout your journey with us., • Life assurance: we hope you will never need this, but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries., • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave options., • Company Pension Scheme., • Discounted Gym Membership., • Cycle to work and season ticket travel loan scheme., • In-year employee bonus scheme., • Employee assistance programme. How to apply If you are interested in the role, please submit your application (CV and Cover Letter) through our Company Careers Page _. The closing date for applications is Friday 1st August 2025 with interviews to be held week commencing Monday 4th August 2025. Ideal start date: 13th August 2025

A remote Finance Manager role in a fintech startup, focusing on core financial operations, process improvement, and commercial strategy.Requires a qualified accountant with startup experience.

A remote Finance Manager role in a fintech startup, focusing on core financial operations, process improvement, and commercial strategy.Requires a qualified accountant with startup experience.